ABSTRACT

 Purpose: Tourism is a good course of action for transfer of real resources from capital surplus developed countries to developing countries particularly in context of liberalization of Indian economy and globalization of trade. The present study aims to indentify tourism development opportunities by identifying underdeveloped tourist spots for renovation in Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India. The study will also forecast the economic and social benefit for underdeveloped population from tourism development in Hazaribag.

Design/Methodology - To demonstrate the purpose of the present study, an extensive and systematic review of literature related to tourism development and their benefits to public from various secondary data base has been undertaken. More than 100 relevant research papers from reputed Journals like Emerald, Elsevier, Government information Quarterly, Springer were reviewed, of which 15 papers on tourism were picked for detailed review.

Findings - The detailed analysis of the reviewed relevant literature indicates the need of tourism development and renovation of tourist spots in Hazaribag in India. The analysis shows that it is essential to develop and renovate the tourist spots in Hazaribag that will help to uplift the social and economic standard of underdeveloped population residing in nearby areas from tourist spots in Hazaribag.

 Research Limitation/ implications - The study is confined to published research papers and personal visit by the researcher to the proposed tourist spots in Hazaribag from chosen databases. There may be some published articles which could not be brought to our attention. Consequently, interpretation of the proposed tourism development opportunity in this study may be to some extent limited.

Practical Implication - This research paper contributes to tourism research by describing the impact of tourism development on social and economic upliftment of underdeveloped population. It is strongly expected that there is a significant relationship between the proposed tourism development & renovation of tourist spots and social and economic upliftment of underdeveloped population.

Keywords: Tourist Spot, Underdeveloped Population, Social, Economic.